Scott Wilson

Biography

Scott Wilson (March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American film and television actor. Wilson has more than 50 film credits from the 1960s to the 2010s, including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, and Junebug.In 1980, Wilson received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role in The Ninth Configuration.From 2011 to 2013, Wilson was a main cast member on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead,in which he played veterinarian and Greene family patriarch Hershel Greene. Wilson was well-known especially for his recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as casino mogul Sam Braun, the father of investigator Catherine Willows.

Known For

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Walking Dead

The X-Files

Bosch

Golden Globe Awards

Justified

The Twilight Zone

All Movies (70)

• The Walking Dead: The Return2024 · as Hershel Greene (archive footage)
• Hostiles2017 · as Cyrus Lounde
• The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking2017 · as Hershel Greene (voice)
• Dorfman in Love2013 · as Winston Cooke Sr.
• Five2011 · as Bill (Older)
• Radio Free Albemuth2010 · as President Fremont
• For Sale by Owner2009 · as Doktor Banks
• Saving Grace B. Jones2009 · as Reverend Potter
• Big Stan2007 · as Warden Gasque
• The Heartbreak Kid2007 · as Boo
• Open Window2006 · as Eddie
• Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon2006 · as Eugene
• The Sensation of Sight2006 · as Tucker
• The Host2006 · as Douglas
• Saving Shiloh2006 · as Judd Travers
• Come Early Morning2006 · as Lowell Fowler
• Junebug2005 · as Eugene
• Monster2003 · as Horton / Last "John"
• The Last Samurai2003 · as Ambassador Swanbeck
• I Was a Teenage Faust2002 · as Minion
• Don't Let Go2002 · as Jimmy Ray Stevens
• Coastlines2002 · as Pa Mann
• Bark!2002 · as Harold
• The Animal2001 · as Mayor
• Pearl Harbor2001 · as George Marshall
• The Way of the Gun2000 · as Hale Chidduck
• South of Heaven, West of Hell2000
• The Debtors1999
• Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season1999 · as Judd Travers
• The Jack Bull1999 · as Governor
• Clay Pigeons1998 · as Sheriff Dan Mooney
• Pride1998 · as Joseph Berry Keenan
• G.I. Jane1997 · as C.O. Salem
• Our God's Brother1997 · as Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
• Shiloh1996 · as Judd Travers
• The Grass Harp1996 · as Eugene Fenwick
• Dead Man Walking1995 · as Chaplain Farley
• Soul Survivors1995 · as Bradley Facemeyer
• Judge Dredd1995 · as Pa Angel
• Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure1995 · as Zeb
• Mother1995 · as Dr. Chase
• Geronimo: An American Legend1993 · as Redondo
• Flesh and Bone1993 · as Elliot
• Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story1993 · as Vernon Presley
• Pure Luck1991 · as Frank Grimes
• Femme Fatale1991 · as Dr. Beaumont
• The Exorcist III1990 · as Dr. Temple
• Young Guns II1990 · as Governor Lewis Wallace
• The Cross of Iberia1990 · as Johnson
• Johnny Handsome1989 · as Mikey Chalmette
• Jesse1988 · as Sam Maloney
• The Tracker1988 · as John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
• Malone1987 · as Paul Barlow
• Blue City1986 · as Perry Kerch
• The Aviator1985 · as Jerry Stiller
• On the Line1984 · as Mitch
• A Year of the Quiet Sun1984 · as Norman
• The Right Stuff1983 · as Scott Crossfield
• The Ninth Configuration1980 · as Capt. Billy Cutshaw
• The Illegal1979 · as Police officer
• The Passover Plot1976 · as Judah
• The Great Gatsby1974 · as George Wilson
• Lolly-Madonna XXX1973 · as Thrush Feather
• The New Centurions1972 · as Gus
• The Grissom Gang1971 · as Slim Grissom
• The Gypsy Moths1969 · as Malcolm Webson
• Castle Keep1969 · as Cpl. Clearboy
• The Sky Divers1969 · as Self
• In Cold Blood1967 · as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
• In the Heat of the Night1967 · as Harvey Oberst

All TV Shows (12)

• The OA2016 · as Abel Johnson
• Damien2016 · as John Lyons
• Bosch2015 · as Dr. Guyot
• Linkers: Codes Secrets2014
• The Walking Dead2010 · as Hershel Greene
• Justified2010 · as Frank Reasoner
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Sam Braun
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The X-Files1993 · as Rev. Orison
• Law & Order1990 · as Ben Chaney
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "Quarantine")
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee